Brown said today that, as of this morning, it's the only signed agreement reached so far. The city has been talking with each of the six employee bargaining units, Brown has said.

He declined to comment on the details of the proposal, saying that the fire union members are expected to review the agreement and vote on it in about 10 days.

"The good news is we were able to sit down over the last
few weeks and get a tentative agreement," Brown said. "We're certainly pleased."

Firefighters union president Trent Farnsworth could not immediately be reached this morning.

Brown declined to comment on the progress of other contract talks.

"I don't want to get out front of anybody," he said.

He has said he wants to have a plan for addressing union contracts in place by Friday, as well as a 2013 budget and a deficit-elimination plan.

The city's four public safety unions -- three police units and the fire union -- have all been operating under expired contracts for more than two years. The unions had been heading to arbitration prior to the state takeover.

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